Selling Your House Without An Agent in Florida

We live in a world where everyone does everything without expensive expert service providers. People trade stocks without a stockbroker. People create wills and trusts without attorneys. Many even remodel homes without contractors. As independent as everyone is, why wouldn’t you want to look at the benefits of selling your house without an agent in Florida?

Saving Money

Agents cost money. It’s that simple. In many cases, it’s a lot of money. A real estate transaction can cost six percent of the final property sales cost. If a property sale price is $500,000, this can cost sellers $30,000. This amount is split between both the buyer’s and seller’s agent.

This is a considerable amount that is taken from the final sale price. If a seller still has high mortgage balances that need to be paid off, eliminating commission costs is a huge advantage. Just increase net profits is attractive to sellers. Keep in mind, just because you don’t have an agent as a seller doesn’t mean you can preclude the buyer from having an agent.

Most sellers end up paying between two to three percent to the buyer’s agent in self-represented sales. However, if you are new to real estate sales, the buyer’s agent might try to negotiate a bigger commission because he will most likely be doing work on both ends of the transaction to make up for your lack of experience and understanding.

Qualified Negotiator

Even though you can’t force the buyer to not have an agent, it doesn’t become negotiating power to say you are more flexible in the price if there is no outside representation. Buyers might feel they are able to negotiate a better price without an agent because they know the amount of savings in the transaction.

Beyond negotiating the sale price, sellers might feel they are more qualified to sell and negotiate the transaction than an agent. Sellers well versed in real estate transactions might be comfortable walking through the process and negotiating items at different points in the escrow process. When a seller is comfortable dealing with a buyer or buyer’s agent, he can save at least three percent of the commissions by representing himself.

It is also possible that the transaction is very straightforward. Perhaps it is a new construction or being sold as is and the seller isn’t willing to negotiate on anything. Buyers can come in and make an offer without expectation for repairs or credits. Sellers set with their price and able to provide all disclosures and documents properly might not see a need for agent representation.

Keeping Things Personal

There are times when a transaction is among well-known parties. Well-known could be family members, close friends or even business partners. In cases like this where everyone is clear who the parties are and what to expect in the sale, there may not be a need to bring on an agent. Of course, there needs to be a lot of trust among all parties in this type of transaction scenario.

Even when parties to a sale know each other, legal sale requirements must be followed. Adhere to all Fort Walton Beach codes for disclosures and timelines. The last thing you want as a seller representing himself is to find yourself in a legal battle down the road for a property you thought you no longer had any ties to. Follow the rules to avoid legal ramifications and penalties.

If you are unsure about whether or not you should sell your property in Fort Walton Beach, don’t hesitate to send us a message. We can help you decide whether you should use an agent or sell your property directly! Call today! (850) 888-0371

Testimonials

Glast Heim LLC

Sean:
so how did you hear about us?

Mrs. K:
Umm, actually I got a card in the mail, and we had been thinking about possibly trying to sell the house, because my dad left it to us, and you know the cost of the upkeep, and my husband was getting ready to retire. So I just thought… well I’ll just check it out. Well first I did check on the website, and I did read reviews from Better Business Bureau, and there were a lot of really good reviews. So I called., and Matt came out first and… I mean it’s been a really quick painless process.

Sean:
Good and that’s one thing we want to get over to other people is that we are real when they get a card.

Mrs. K:
Oh yeah its real. Because I’ve had people that’s like, “Oh you better be careful. There’s a lot of scam artists.” And I said Nope. I’ve already checked it out. I’ve been around. I’ve worked at enough banks and stuff like that, that I’ve heard about horror stories.

Sean:
Yes mam. Would you say the communication between the start to finish has been good?

Mrs. K:
Oh it’s been great. You’ve been great. I mean you even tried to find me a property to go to, and yeah everything’s been great.

Sean:
Good would you recommend us to other people?

Mrs. K:
oh yeah.

Sean:
What about in the future if something ever happens again where you need to sell, would you call us up user services again?

Mrs. K:
Oh, yes. Yes I would for sure, yeah.

Sean:
Well, I definitely thank you for trusting us with everything, and we hope everything with your retirement goes well, and anything in the future you need you have my card you can call me anytime.

Mrs. K:
I got your number in my phone, so I’m keeping them.

Sean:
You have my office and my personal. So yes, anything you need just let us know.

Mrs. K:
Yep. I will. Thank you very much Sean. I appreciate it.

Mrs. K

Glast Heim LLC

Arianne:
Hi Ms. Jojo, how are you today?

Ms. Jojo:
Hi Arianne, I’m good, how are you?

Arianne:
Good.

I just wanted to ask how you felt the process of selling your house to us went?

Ms. Jojo:
I was actually very very impressed.
I had been receiving the postcards from your company over a period of time, and I put them aside, but I was interested and wasn’t sure, and one day I decided, “Let me go ahead and contact this company and see if it would work for me,” which it most certainly did.

Arianne:
Okay, and throughout the process… I know a lot of the times people think, you know, is it a scam, or what is this little postcard?

Ms. Jojo:
I was actually very very impressed with the whole process.
Everything that was arranged or sorted was fulfilled, right from the first visit to the house to look at it, right up to right now at the closing.

So definitely not a scam and definitely worth looking into.
It suited me to do it this way.

There were no hassles, no worries, and I enjoyed the whole process.

Arianne:
Aww, well thank you very much, Ms. Jojo.
We really appreciated, you know, you trusting us with this, and I know it can be bittersweet but thank you so much.

Ms. Jojo:
Thank you!

Ms Jojo

Glast Heim LLC

We needed to sell our house rather quickly. Our house has a lot of issues.

The gentleman that came and looked at our home was very gracious. He didn’t make me feel bad about the condition our house was in. And it wasn’t horrible, but it’s got issues, and it wasn’t going to be able to go on the market and sell.

So Glass Homes/[Glast Heim] came in and gave us a good offer and were very helpful all the way through the whole process and this has been quick and painless, and now we’re on our way to Arkansas to another home, and I couldn’t be happier.

Every phone call I made to them, the questions were either answered, or they called back immediately, and it was always somebody I could talk to. Never had a problem. Never had anybody say “Oh, I’ll get back to you.” Nope. The question was either answered, I would be put on hold if need be, and one time I was transferred. And that’s the extent of it. It was a very great experience.

Karen and Steve W.

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